Suz, it sounds like you are talking about gophers. There is a big
difference between them and woodchucks, aka groundhogs. About 15-20
lbs difference. Woodchucks are tough as nails and will hardly blink
at the poison gas bombs that are sold for gophers, or any other
non-restricted poison that is available. Sticking one with a gopher
trap is probably just going to piss it off.
They taste somewhat like beef, but are very tough, so they need to be
cooked accordingly. I have sampled woodchuck about 4 times, and
every time they had been prepared with a lot of black pepper, so
cooking them with fresh chiles would work well.
Harry
> From: "Suz" <spnsp@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Chile Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>,
> "Steve DeCristofor" <steved@coat.com>
> Subject: Re: [CH] grounhogs agin
> Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:40:58 -0700
> Reply-to: "Suz" <spnsp@ix.netcom.com>
> We tried to gas our resident groundhog with those gas things, to no avail.
> At Home Depot, they have small traps, 2 to a package for less than $5.00 and
> I think they can be used several times. The first night we put one out, the
> furry creature was caught, spikes ran right through his little head.
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> As for roasting them???????? ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!
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> ("`-'-/").___..--''"`-._ Suz,
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